Lassiter initially pleaded guilty to theft over $1,500, malfeasance in office and obstruction of justice charges in March.
A charge of injuring public records was dismissed earlier.

Lassiter, who resigned from the
department shortly before his arrest, served as police chief for four
years and was the department’s
evidence custodian at the time of his arrest.

He had worked for the Jennings Police Department since 1996 and previously worked for the Lafayette Sheriff’s Office and served
in the Louisiana National Guard.

He received the department’s Medal of
Honor and Purple Heart after being injured in a 2000 shooting that
claimed the lives
of Patrolman Burt LeBlanc and former police Capt. Kenny Guidry and
his wife, Christine. Two other officers were also injured
in the shooting.

Lassiter is represented by court-appointed attorney Robert “Bob” Sheffield Jr. of Lake Charles.